Combined bumper and safety fender



J. KNOUREK COMBINED BUMPER AND SAFETY FENDER Filed Sept. 28, 1923 lmvrm TOR,

Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KNOUREK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED BUMPER AND SAFETY FENDER.

Application filed September 28, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH of the United States,

a citizen Chicago, in the county KNOUREK, residing at of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Fenders. of wh a specification.

Combined Bumpers and ich the following is This invention relates to improvements in combined bumpers and safety automobiles and other among its objects guard which shall as a safety fender.

It is also an object to p cooperatively arranged with whereby the fender m operative posltlon lnto fenders for vehicles and has rovide a bumper or be adaptable for use also to provide a fender the bumper ay be raised out of alignment with the bumper to form substantially a reinforced illustrated in the attached in the following specification pointed out in the apthese and other objects in view,

in the combination e various parts and draw- Fig. 1 is a side view an automobile showlnvention with the or raised position.

front portion of an automobile with my guard or bumper and safety fender 1n operative or lowered position.

Fig. 3 is a front view of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the frame of the automobile, which supports the body of the automobile about the pivotal rod 12 on the spring frame 10 are brackets integral arm 11 rivete 13. Secured to the 14, each having an d to the bumper 15,

which is here preferably shown as of a channel cross section. across the front of the This bumper 15 extends car slightly beyond the front wheels and carries on its top flange a centrally mounted housed sheave 16.

The safety fender 17 is also here preferably shown as of channel cross section, of the same length as the bumper but of a slightly higher section to permit its folding over or embrace of the bumper 15 when in raised position as shown in Figure 1.

The fender 17 is pivo tally mounted on the Serial No. 665,286.

bars 18 to which it is riveted and the bars 18 are loosely mounted on the rod 12 which extends between the end of the two frames 10. A pipe separator 19 is inserted between the pivotal bars 18. The fender 17 is also supported by a flexible rope or chain 20 which is interlaced between the lower flange of the bumper 15 and the upper flange of the fender 17. This flexible rope not only supports the fender 17 but also forms a grille or guard between it and the bumper 15.

In order to raise the fender 17 out of operative position into alignment with the bumper, I attach a light cable 21 to the bottom flange of the fender, which cable 21 passes over the sheave 16 and thence clownwardly between the two small rollers 22 which are supported in a housing under the front axle 23. The end of the cable 21 is preferably fixed to a coil spring 21 which in turn is connected to the operating lever 26 by an adjustable link 25. The operating lever is pivoted at 27 and is provided with a spring latch 28 for retaining the lever in either open or closed position of the fender.

iVhen in open position, 2, the weight of the fender as shown in 17 exerts a shght tension on the spring 2 1 so that any objectionable vibrations are reduced to the minimum.

From the above it will readily become apparent that I have provided a combined bumper and safety fender which is not only low in cost of manufacture and installation but which permits the folding of the fender over the bumper when driving over rough or uneven ground. In folded position the fender reinforces the bumper.

I claim:

1. A combined bumper and safety fender, comprising a rigidly mounted bumper of channel crosssection, a pivotally mounted fender of larger cross-section than said bumper, and means for raising said fender into alignment with said bumper to embrace and reinforce same.

2. A device as embodied in claim 1 and including a flexible interwoven support for supporting said fender from said bumper when in lowered position.

In witness whereof I afliX my signature.

JOSEPH KNOUREK. 

